Santana v. Deluxe Corp.

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that third-party administrator was not fiduciary of ERISA health plan partly because plan sponsor retained ultimate decision-making authority over claims
• stating that courts have “universally ruled” that when a third-party administrator does not adjudicate claims it is not an ERISA fiduciary

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Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Michael F. Terry v. Bayer Corporation and Bayer Corporation Disability Plan
  First Circuit· 1998-05-27· cited 213×
• Boucher v. Williams
  D. Maine· 1998-05-05· cited 14×
• Santana v. Deluxe Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1998-06-04· cited 14×
• Janet G. Peterson v. Meritain Health, Inc.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2022-04-20· cited 12×
• Caranci v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  D. Rhode Island· 2000-06-01· cited 10×
• WE Aubuchon Co., Inc. v. BENEFIRST, LLC
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-06-12· cited 7×
• Dall v. Chinet Co.
  D. Maine· 1998-11-23· cited 7×
• Long v. Great West Life & Annuity Insurance Co.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1998-04-20· cited 6×
• Kodes v. Warren Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1998-09-11· cited 5×
• Gómez-González v. Rural Opportunities, Inc.
  D. Puerto Rico· 2009-09-30· cited 4×
• Drolet v. Healthsource, Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 1997-03-26· cited 2×
• Terry v. Bayer Corporation
  First Circuit· 1998-06-05
• Drolet v. Healthsource
  D. New Hampshire· 1997-03-26

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,459×
• Samuel Mesnick v. General Electric Company
  First Circuit· 1991-12-16· cited 1,952×
• Mertens v. Hewitt Associates
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 1,574×
• New Medico Neurologic Center of Michigan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 350×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,686 Mary Hayes, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Hayes, Jr., and Eric Hayes v. Douglas Dynamics, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1993-11-01· cited 237×
• American Federation of Unions Local 102 Health & Welfare Fund v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-04-08· cited 118×
• Curtis Baxter, Thomas F. Brill and E.R. Whinham, Attorneys-Appellants v. C.A. Muer Corporation and Northern Group Services, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1991-09-24· cited 93×
• Richard Baker v. Big Star Division of the Grand Union Company, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Great-West Life Assurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-01-29· cited 92×
• Associates in Adolescent Psychiatry, S.C. v. Home Life Insurance Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-10-03· cited 89×
• Consolidated Beef Industries, Inc. v. New York Life Insurance Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-11-19· cited 80×
• Harris Trust And Savings Bank v. Provident Life And Accident Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-07-14· cited 71×
• Reich, LABR v. Rowe
  First Circuit· 1994-03-31· cited 53×
• Edward A. Klosterman and Debbie A. Klosterman v. Western General Management, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-08-12· cited 52×
• Feldman v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-24· cited 36×
• Willett v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-02-19· cited 21×
• Toomey Ex Rel. O'Connor Lumber Esop Participants Committee v. Jones
  D. Massachusetts· 1994-06-24· cited 15×
• Useden v. Acker
  S.D. Florida· 1989-03-29· cited 7×

Other cases named Santana v. Deluxe Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Santana v. Deluxe Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1998-06-04· cited 14×